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Nurseries and Child-minders Regulation Act, 1948.—This Act,
which came into operation in August, 1948, requires, inter alia, that every
local health authority shall keep registers—
(a) of premises in their area, other than premises wholly or mainly
used as private dwellings, where children are received to be looked
after for the day or a substantial part thereof or for any longer
period not exceeding six days;
(b) of persons in their area who for reward receive into their homes
children under the age of five to be looked after as aforesaid.

Clinic Premises.
(a) Fairlop Centre.—Last year 1 reported that arrangements had
been made for the Fairlop Infant Welfare Centre to be transferred from
Fairlop School to the Holy Trinity Church Hall, Mossford Green,
Barkingside, as the Education Committee required their accommodation
for school purposes. The last session held at Fairlop School was on
Saturday, the 16th August, 1952, and the Centre was transferred to the
Holy Trinity Church Hall on Tuesday mornings, commencing on the
19th August.
(b) Holy Trinity Church Hall, Barkingside.—Early on the morning
of Monday, the 24th November, 1952, a fire occurred at this Church
Hall, where the Barkingside and Fairlop Infant Welfare Centres were
held on Monday afternoons and Tuesday mornings respectively . As the
Hall was no longer usable, owing to the considerable damage caused to
the buildings and the contents, emergency arrangements were made for
the mothers to attend with their children at other Centres, and for
Welfare Foods to be sold from the Barkingside Sub-Food Office.
It was later possible to arrange for the hire of the Methodist Church
Hall, Fremantle Road, Barkingside, on Thursday afternoons, to hold a
combined session for both Centres, and the first session was held there
on the 11th December, 1952.
(c) Following complaints of nuisances created by photographers
outside the Infant Welfare Clinic premises the matter was referred to the
Ilford Borough Council, who made a Byelaw, operative from the 1st
May, 1953, prohibiting the importuning of any person, for the purpose
of taking or selling any photograph, in any of the streets in which the
Clinics are situate.
(d) Mayesbrook Dental Clinic.—When the Manford Way Clinic was
completed in 1951, the equipment held at the Mayesbrook Clinic for the
No. 2 Surgery was transferred to the Manford Way Clinic, to obviate
purchasing new equipment at a time when there was a great shortage of
Dental Officers. As towards the end of 1952 our staff of whole-time
Dental Officers had increased to 3 (including the Senior Dental Officer)
and in addition we had been successful in obtaining the services of parttime
Dental Officers for sessional work, steps were taken to re-furnish
the No. 2 Surgery at Mayesbrook Clinic and this was in use from the
19th January, 1953.